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I would choose an activity based around the topic of the planets: The Planets, journey through the solar system.
To introduce the activity, I would give the children a different planet labelled. I would ask them the name of the planet and to describe the planet. I would use a KWL chart to gather any previous knowledge they already have. I will then play the song ‘Family of the Sun’. The children will then order the planets in groups.
I will then introduce the ‘Planet Game’ using hoops spread around the room. The center hoop representing the sun. I will use this game telling the children they are space rockets and have them travel from one planet to the next by hopping, jumping, skipping. I will call out different places that they are familiar with and its only when I say the planets name can the children ‘land’ at the specific planet.
At the end of the game ask the children to name all the planets that they can remember and the reason the sun is in the middle, as all the others revolve around it.